Chicago Cubs fans throughout the city and well beyond were elated last fall when the team won its first World Series in 108 years, but keeping the city safe and tidy during the playoff run cost nearly $19.3 million.

That was the tab for overtime for cops, dispatchers and city cleanup crews directly related to all three playoff series, including the Fall Classic, according to figures City Hall released Friday.

While the city paid for the overtime, just how much the expense was offset by extra hotel, sales and amusement taxes the city raked in as a result of the playoffs and World Series wasn't immediately clear. City officials said they didn't have those figures available.

Most of the extra cost was for police overtime, which totaled $14.7 million for the World Series, $2.2 million for the epic Nov. 4 celebration parade and rally and about $263,000 for the two earlier playoff series. For the World Series alone, city police officers logged about 285,133 hours of OT.

Taxpayers also shelled out an extra $840,000 or so to pay overtime to dispatchers, crossing guards and others for the World Series, and about $743,000 for cleanup crews, the placement of barricades and other services, city officials said.

A Cubs spokesman could not be reached for comment. Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts has said the team's postseason run generated $6.7 million in ticket taxes alone from Wrigley Field and rooftop seats.

A version of this article appeared in print on March 18, 2017, in the News section of the Chicago Tribune with the headline "Cubs' title run cost city $19M in overtime" —
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